Reading external files, (not!!)

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I am a complete newbie trying to learn this stuff. I actually have two questions;
1) I have ...

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Naturally I didn't feel inspired enough to read all the links for you, since I already slaved away for long hours under a blistering sun pressing the search button after typing four whole words! - Quzah

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>i use borland v. 4.5, and i need to use the .h files because it doesn't have the newer libraries...
Get a newer compiler. You're missing out on a lot of new features and there are free compilers for download that comform fairly well to the standard. You should only be using an older compiler to maintain legacy code that won't compile with a newer compiler for some reason.

Naturally I didn't feel inspired enough to read all the links for you, since I already slaved away for long hours under a blistering sun pressing the search button after typing four whole words! - Quzah

You. Fetch me my copy of the Wall Street Journal. You two, fight to the death - Stewie

i will one day... but I dont' feel like getting my dad's permission to d/l anything (he's the computer nazi and thinks broadband and file-sharing is evil)... eh... i have no problems writing my programs with this one... for now... and the class i'm taking is using this one... i actually have visual studio, but i haven't installed it yet...